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This is a list of [[films]] produced in the [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republican period]] of China ordered by year of release in the 1930s.

For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see [[:Category:Chinese films]].

== 1930 ==

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! Title !! Chinese Title !! Director !! Actors !! Genre !! Notability
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| ''[[A Red Egg]]'' ||一個紅蛋|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Gong Jianong]],<br>[[Gao Qianping]]<br> || Social criticism || 
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| ''[[A Romantic Girl]]'' ||浪漫女子|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Xuan Jinglin]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]]<br> || Romance ||
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| ''[[The Cave of the Silken Web II (1930 film)|The Cave of the Silken Web II]]'' ||續盤絲洞|| [[Dan Duyu]] || [[Yin Mingzhu]] || [[Shenmo fantasy]] || Sequel to the 1927 film of the same title
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| ''[[Circus Girl (1930 film)|Circus Girl]]'' ||馬戲女|| [[Wang Yuanlong]] || [[Zhou Wenzhu]],<br>[[Wang Cilong]]<br> || Action ||
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| ''[[Elder Brother's Romance]]'' ||逃情的哥哥|| [[Wang Cilong]] || [[Wang Cilong]],<br>[[Chen Yunshang]]<br> || Drama || Alternate title:  ''Elder Brother's Elopement''
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| ''[[Hall of the Broken Zither]]'' ||碎琴樓|| [[Zheng Zhengqiu]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Xia Peizhen]],<br>[[Zheng Xiaoqiu]]<br> || Tragedy ||
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| ''[[New Journey to the West (1930 film)|New Journey to the West]]'' ||新西游記|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Zheng Xiaoqiu]],<br>[[Xia Peizhen]]<br> || || Adapted from the classic novel ''[[Journey to the West]]''
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| ''[[Nine Dragons Mountain]]'' ||大破九龍山|| [[Zhu Shouju]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br>[[Zheng Jiduo]]<br> || Action || Released in two parts
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| ''[[Peach Blossom Lake]]'' ||桃花湖|| [[Zheng Zhengqiu]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Zheng Xiaoqiu]]<br> || Crime || Released in two parts
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| ''[[The Pearl Cap]]'' ||珍珠冠|| [[Zhu Shouju]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br>[[Zheng Jiduo]]<br> || Crime/Romance || 
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| ''[[The Road to Riches]]'' ||黃金之路|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Zhou Wenzhu]],<br>[[Zhu Fei]]<br> || Drama || Alternate title:  ''The Golden Road''
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| ''[[Spring Dream in the Old Capital]]''||古城春夢|| [[Sun Yu (director)|Sun Yu]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br>[[Wang Ruilin (actor)|Wang Ruilin]],<br>[[Lim Cho Cho]]<br> || || Ruan Lingyu's breakthrough role; also known as ''Remembrance of Peking'' or ''Reminiscences of Beijing''
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| ''[[Suicide Contract]]'' ||自殺合同|| [[Zhu Shilin]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br>[[Liu Jiqun]]<br> || Comedy-Drama || Ruan's first film for the [[Lianhua Film Company]].  Directing debut for [[Zhu Shilin]]
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|''[[Virtuous Mother from a Brothel]]''||倡門賢母|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Xuan Jinglin]],<br />[[Xia Peizhen]] || Drama ||
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|''[[Wild Flowers (1930 film)|Wild Flowers]]''||野草閑花|| [[Sun Yu (director)|Sun Yu]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br>[[Jin Yan]] || || Alternate title:  ''Wild Flowers Among the Weeds''
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| ''[[Yang Naiwu]]'' ||楊乃武與小白菜|| [[Qiu Qixiang]] || [[Chen Yumei]],<br>[[Sun Min]]<br> || Docudrama || Dramatization of an infamous late [[Qing dynasty]] case of criminal injustice
|}

== 1931 ==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Title !! Chinese Title !! Director !! Actors !! Genre !! Notability
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| ''[[A Couple in Life and Death]]'' ||生死夫妻|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Wang Xianzhai]],<br>[[Xuan Jinglin]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]]<br> || Drama || 
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| ''[[A Free Soul (1931 Chinese film)|A Free Soul]]'' ||自由魂|| [[Wang Cilong]] || [[Tang Tianxiu]],<br>[[Zhou Wenzhu]],<br>[[Gao Zhanfei]]<br> || Drama ||  Alternate title:  ''The Bloody Crysanthemum'' (碧血黃花)
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| ''[[Amorous History of the Silver Screen]]'' ||銀幕艷史|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Xuan Jinglin]],<br />[[Xia Peizhen]]|| Drama || This is a partially lost film about a woman's rise from prostitution to stardom from [[Mingxing Film Company]]. Released in two parts
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| ''[[Arsène Lupin (1931 Chinese film)|Arsène Lupin]]'' ||亞森·羅賓|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Chen Yumei]],<br>[[Sun Min]]<br> || Mystery || Adapted from the stories by [[Maurice Leblanc]]
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| ''[[Between Themselves]]'' ||夫妻之間|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Chen Yumei]],<br>[[Sun Min]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[Blue Skies After the Rain]]'' ||雨過天青|| [[Xia Chifeng]] || [[Chen Qiufeng]],<br>[[Lin Ruxin]]<br> || Drama || Filmed on location in Japan.  First Chinese production with sound on film.
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| ''[[The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (1931 Chinese film)|The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes]]'' ||福爾摩斯偵探案|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Li Pingqian]],<br>[[Chen Yumei]]<br> || Mystery ||  Alternate title:  ''Stories of Sherlock Holmes''
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|  ''[[Farewell to Yuren]]'' ||玉人永別|| [[Zheng Zhengqiu]] || [[Xuan Jinglin]],<br>[[Zheng Xiaoqiu]] || Tragedy ||
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| ''[[The Flying General]]'' ||飛將軍|| [[Ren Pengnian]] || [[Wu Lizhu]] || Crime ||
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| ''[[Heartaches (1931 film)|Heartaches]]'' ||心痛|| [[Yang Xiaozhong]] || [[Wan Laitian]],<br>[[Ding Ziming]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[Heng Niang]]'' ||恆娘|| [[Shi Dongshan]] || [[Zhou Wenzhu]],<br>[[Tang Tianxiu]],<br>[[Zhu Fei]]<br> || Fantasy ||  Adapted from a story of the same title in ''[[Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio]]''
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| ''[[In Old Beijing]]'' ||舊時京華|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Wang Xianzhai]]<br>[[Zheng Xiaoqiu]]<br> || Drama || Alternate title:  ''Splendors of the Old Capital''
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| ''[[Love and Duty (1931 film)|Love and Duty]]''||戀愛與義務|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br />[[Jin Yan]] || Romance/Tragedy || Early [[Lianhua Film Company]] production, previously thought lost, a complete print was discovered in South America in the 1990s
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| ''[[Lucky Stars (1931 film)|Lucky Stars]]'' ||銀星幸運|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Zheng Xiaoqiu]],<br>[[Hu Die]]<br> || Musical Review ||
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| ''[[The Murderess]]'' ||殺人的小姐|| [[Tan Zhiyuan]],<br>[[Gao Lihen]]<br> || [[Liang Saizhen]],<br>[[Yan Yuexian]],<br>[[Cai Chusheng]] || Mystery ||
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| ''[[Oriental Nights (1931 film)|Oriental Nights]]'' ||東方夜譚|| [[Dan Duyu]] || [[Yin Mingzhu]] || Fantasy || Adapted from ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''
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| ''[[The Peach Girl]]'' ||桃花泣血記|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]] || Drama || 
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| ''[[Pleasures of the Dance Hall]]'' ||歌場春色|| [[Li Pingqian]],<br>[[Qiu Qixiang]],<br>[[Shao Zuiweng]]<br> || [[Xuan Jinglin]],<br>[[Chen Yumei]] || Drama || First sound film from the [[Tianyi Film Company]], with several American technicians imported from Hollywood to assist and train Chinese personnel
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| ''[[Shadow of Red Tears]]'' || || [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Zheng Xiaoqiu]]<br> || Drama || Released in two parts
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| ''[[Shadow on the Window]]'' ||窗上人影|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Xuan Jinglin]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]]<br> || Mystery ||
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| ''[[Sing-Song Girl Red Peony]]'' ||歌女紅牡丹|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Hu Die]]<br>[[Xia Peizhen]]<br> || || First Chinese sound film (wax discs)
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| ''[[The Singing Beauty]]'' ||虞美人|| [[Cheng Kengran]] || [[Xu Qinfang]],<br>[[Zhu Fei]] || Romance/Tragedy || 
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| ''[[A Spray of Plum Blossoms]]'' ||一剪梅|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br />[[Jin Yan]],<br />[[Wang Cilong]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Spring in the Jade Palace]]'' ||玉堂春|| [[Zhuang Guojun]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]] || Drama || Adapted from two [[Peking opera]]s
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| ''[[Struggle Between Love and Desire]]'' ||愛欲之爭|| [[Wang Cilong]] || [[Gao Zhanfei]],<br>[[Tang Tianxiu]],<br>[[Zhou Wenzhu]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Such a Paradise]]'' ||如此天堂|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]] || Drama || Released in two parts
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| ''[[Three Heroes of the Wang Family]]'' || || [[Wang Yuanlong]] || [[Wang Yuanlong]],<br>[[Tang Tianxiu]]<br> || War ||
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| ''[[Two Stars of the Milky Way]]'' ||銀漢雙星|| [[Shi Dongshan]] || [[Jin Yan]] || || Also known as ''Two Stars of the Silver Screen''
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| ''[[Unlucky to be Born a Daughter]]'' ||不幸生為女兒身|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Gao Qianping]] || Drama || 
|}

== 1932 ==
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! Title !! Chinese Title !! Director !! Actors !! Genre !! Notability
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| ''[[A Kindly Mother]]'' ||慈母|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Yan Yuexian]],<br>[[Wang Xianzhai]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[A Lonely Bird]]'' ||落霞孤鶩|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]] || Drama || Adapted from the novel of the same title by [[Zhang Henshui]]
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| ''[[A Music Teacher]]'' ||海外鵑魂|| Jin Qingyu || [[Zi Luolan]],<br>[[Jin Yan]] || Drama || 
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| ''[[A Young Actress]]'' ||小女伶|| [[Qiu Qixiang]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]] || Drama || 
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| ''[[Beloved Enemy (1932 Chinese film)|Beloved Enemy]]'' ||可愛的仇敵|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Zheng Xiaoqiu]],<br>[[Liang Saizhen]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Facing the National Crisis]]'' ||共赴國難|| [[Cai Chusheng]],<br />[[Shi Dongshan]],<br />[[Sun Yu (director)|Sun Yu]],<br />[[Wang Cilong]] || [[Chen Yen-yen]],<br />[[Zheng Junli]] || War ||
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| ''[[Hell at Sea]]'' ||海上閻王|| [[Wang Cilong]] || [[Wang Cilong]],<br>[[Zhou Wenzhu]],<br>[[Tang Tianxiu]] || Action ||
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| ''[[Humanity (1932 Chinese film)|Humanity]]'' ||人道|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Jin Yan]],<br>[[Lim Cho Cho]] || Drama || 
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| ''[[Love and Death (1932 Chinese film)|Love and Death]]'' ||愛與死|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Gao Qianping]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Love and Life (1932 Chinese film)|Love and Life]]'' ||戀愛與生命|| [[Tang Jie]],<br>[[Wang Jiting]] || [[Gong Jianong]],<br>[[Hu Ping]] || ||
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| ''[[Loving Blood of the Volcano]]'' ||火山情血|| [[Sun Yu (director)|Sun Yu]] || [[Li Lili]],<br />[[Zheng Junli]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Old Hate, New Sorrow]]'' ||舊恨新仇|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Gong Jianong]],<br>[[Ai Xia]] || Musical/Drama || 
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| ''[[One Night of Luxury]]'' ||一夜豪華|| [[Shao Zuiweng]] || [[Chen Yumei]],<br>[[Hu Shan]],<br>[[Sun Mei]] || Drama || Adapted from the short story [[The Necklace]] by [[Guy de Maupassant]]
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| ''[[Pink Dream]]'' ||粉紅色的夢|| [[Cai Chusheng]] || [[Gao Zhanfei]],<br />[[Zheng Junli]],<br />[[Tan Ying (actress)|Tan Ying]] || Drama || Also known as ''Dream in Pink''
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| ''[[Poetry Written on a Banana Leaf]]'' ||芭蕉葉上詩|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Wang Renmei]],<br>[[Li Lili]] || Musical ||
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| ''[[Regrets (1932 film)|Regrets]]'' ||失足恨|| [[Dan Duyu]] || [[Yuan Congmei]] || Drama || Alternate title:  ''Mistaken Marriage''
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| ''[[South Seas Beauty]]'' ||南海美人|| [[Dan Duyu]] || [[Yin Mingzhu]] || ||
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| ''[[Spring Dream in the Old Capital II]]'' ||續故都春夢|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br>[[Jin Yan]] || Drama || Sequel to the 1931 release of the same title
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| ''[[Spring in the South]]'' ||南國之春|| [[Cai Chusheng]] || [[Gao Zhanfei]],<br />[[Chen Yen-yen]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Three Modern Women]]''||三個摩登女性|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br/> [[Jin Yan]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Two Daughters of the Northeast]]'' ||東北二女子|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Hu Shan]],<br>[[Lu Lixia]] || War/Romance || Alternate title:  ''Two Orphan Girls on the Battlefield''  (戰地二孤女)
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| ''[[Wild Rose (1932 film)|Wild Rose]]'' ||野玫瑰|| [[Sun Yu (director)|Sun Yu]] || [[Jin Yan]],<br />[[Wang Renmei]] || Romance/Drama ||
|}

== 1933 ==
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! Title !! Chinese Title !! Director !! Actors !! Genre !! Notability
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| ''[[A Modern Woman]]'' ||現代一女性|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Ai Xia]],<br>[[Sun Min]]<br> || || Lead actress Ai Xia also wrote the screenplay
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| ''[[A Movie Actress]]'' ||一個女明星|| [[Tang Xiaodan]] || [[Hu Shan]] || || 
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| ''[[A Waif]]'' ||苦兒流浪記|| [[Shao Zuiweng]] || || Drama || Based on the novel [[Sans Famille]] by [[Hector Malot]]
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| ''[[A Woman's Life (1933 film)|A Woman's Life]]'' ||生機|| [[Shao Zuiweng]] || [[Chen Yumei]] || Drama || 
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| ''[[Actress on the Way]]'' ||健美之路|| [[Chen Kengran]] || [[Xu Qinfang]],<br>[[Zheng Xiaoqiu]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[An Isolated Army]]'' ||孤軍|| [[Chen Tian]] || [[Ye Juanjuan]] || War ||
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| ''[[Bai Jinlong]]'' ||白金龍|| [[Tang Xiaodan]] || || Romance || 
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| ''[[Battlefield Adventures]]'' ||戰地歷險記|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Zheng Xiaoqiu]].<br>[[Gong Jianong]]<br> || War || 
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| ''[[Chicken and Duck]]'' ||雞鴨夫妻|| [[Wang Fuqing]] || [[Liu Chunshan]],<br>[[Gu Mengchi]]<br>|| || 
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| ''[[Children of Our Time]]'' ||時代的女兒|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Zhao Dan]],<br>[[Ai Xia]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[Combat (1933 film)|Combat]]'' ||肉搏|| [[Hu Tu]] || [[Shu Xiuwen]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Consciousness (1933 film)|Consciousness]]'' ||覺悟|| [[Wen Yimin]] || [[Fan Xuepeng]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Cosmetics Market]]''||肥分市場|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Hu Die (actress)|Hu Die]],<br />[[Ai Xia]] || || Early sound film
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| ''[[The Cries of Women]]'' ||女性的吶喊|| [[Shen Xiling]] || [[Wang Ying (actress)|Wang Ying]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[Dawn Over the Metropolis]]'' ||都會的早晨|| [[Cai Chusheng]] || [[Wang Renmei]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Daybreak (1933 film)|Daybreak]]'' ||天命|| [[Sun Yu (director)|Sun Yu]] || [[Li Lili]],<br />[[Gao Zhanfei]] || Drama || [[Lianhua Film Company]] production
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| ''[[Deep Sorrows]]'' ||離恨天|| [[Wang Yuanlong]] || [[Qian Siying]] || Tragedy ||
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| ''[[Drifting (1933 film)|Drifting]]'' ||飄零|| [[Tang Xiaodan]] || [[Hu Shan]] || || Alternate title:  ''Willow Catkins II''
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| ''[[Fallen Angel (1933 film)|Fallen Angel]]'' ||春風楊柳|| [[Wang Fuqing]] || [[Yang Naimei]],<br>[[Xia Peizhen]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[The Future (1933 film)|The Future]]'' ||前程|| [[Cheng Bugao]],<br>[[Zhang Shichuan]]<br> || [[Xuan Jinglin]],<br>[[Sun Min]]<br> || Drama || 
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| ''[[Light of Motherhood]]'' ||母性之光|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Jin Yan]],<br>[[Lai Cheuk-Cheuk]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[Little Toys]]''||小玩意|| [[Sun Yu (director)|Sun Yu]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br />[[Li Lili]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Lost Love (1933 film)|Lost Love]]'' || || [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Zhang Zhiyun]],<br>[[Yan Yuexian]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[Love and Tears of a Tenant]]'' ||鐵板紅淚錄|| [[Hong Shen]] || [[Wang Ying (actress)|Wang Ying]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Morning Glory (1933 Chinese film)|Morning Glory]]'' ||晨曦|| [[Wu Wenchao]] || || War ||
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| ''[[Mother and Son (1933 Chinese film)|Mother and Son]]'' ||母與子|| [[Tang Jie]] || [[Xuan Jinglin]],<br>[[Zheng Xiaoqiu]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[National Existence]]'' || || [[Tian Han]] || [[Shu Xiuwen]] || ||
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| ''[[New Year's Eve (1933 Chinese film)|New Year's Eve]]'' ||除夕|| [[Jiang Qifeng]] || [[Liu Jiqun]],<br>[[Chen Yen-yen]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[Night in the City]]''||城市之夜|| [[Fei Mu]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br />[[Jin Yan]] || Drama || Fei Mu's directorial debut, now [[Lost film|lost]].  Alternate title:  ''City Nights''
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| ''[[Oppression (1933 film)|Oppression]]'' ||壓迫|| [[Gao Lihen]] || [[Gong Jianong]],<br>[[Xia Peizhen]]<br> || Social Criticism ||
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| ''[[Remnants of Spring]]'' ||殘春|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Xu Lai (actress)|Xu Lai]],<br>[[Zheng Xiaoqiu]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[Romance in Spring (1933 film)|Romance in Spring]]'' ||春水情波|| [[Zheng Zhengqiu]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Sun Min]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[Sister's Tragedy]]'' ||姊姊的悲劇|| [[Gao Lihen]],<br>[[Wang Jiting]]<br> || [[Zheng Xiaoqiu]],<br>[[Hu Ping]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[Spring Dream of the Lute]]'' ||琵琶春怨|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Gao Qianping]],<br>[[Zheng Xiaoqiu]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[Spring Silkworms (film)|Spring Silkworms]]'' ||春蠶|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Ai Xia]] || Leftist Drama || [[Mingxing Film Company]] production, an adaptation of the [[Mao Dun]]-penned short story
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| ''[[Stirrings of Love]]'' ||春潮|| Zheng Yingshi || [[Gao Zhanfei]],<br>[[Wang Renmei]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[Struggle (1933 film)|Struggle]]'' ||奮斗|| [[Shi Dongshan]] || [[Chen Yen-yen]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Such Heroes]]'' ||如此英雄|| Zhuang Guojun || [[Han Langen]],<br>[[Liu Jiqun]],<br>[[Tan Ying (actress)|Tan Ying]]<br> || Comedy || 
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| ''[[Sweetgrass Beauty]]'' ||香草美人|| [[Chen Kengran]] || [[Xie Yunqing]],<br>[[Xia Peizhen]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[Vicious Neighbors]]'' ||惡鄰|| [[Ren Pengnian]] || [[Wu Lizhu]] || Drama || Originally about 100 minutes running time, 42 minutes still exist
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| ''[[Wild Torrent]]'' ||狂流|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Xia Peizhen]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]]<br> || Drama ||
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| [[Willow Catkins]] ||飛絮|| [[Shao Zuiweng]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]] || ||
|}

== 1934 ==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Title !! Chinese Title !! Director !! Actors !! Genre !! Notability
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| ''[[24 Hours in Shanghai]]'' ||上海二十四小時|| [[Shen Xiling]] || [[Zhao Dan]],<br>[[Gu Lanjun]],<br>[[Gu Meijun]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[A Beautiful Night]]'' ||良宵|| [[Yang Xiaozhong]] || [[Tan Ying (actress)|Tan Ying]],<br>[[Tang Tianxiu]] || ||
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| ''[[A Brief Life (1934 film)|A Brief Life]]'' ||路柳牆花|| [[Xu Xinfu]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Xuan Jinglin]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[A Woman Prisoner]]'' ||女犯|| [[Wang Tianbei]] || [[Xu Suzhen]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[The Big Road]]'' ||大路|| [[Sun Yu (director)|Sun Yu]] || [[Jin Yan]],<br />[[Li Lili]] || Drama  ||
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| ''[[Bigamy (1934 film)|Bigamy]]'' ||重婚|| [[Wu Cun]] || [[Gao Zhanfei]],<br>[[Yan Yuexian]],<br>[[Gao Qianping]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[Body Building]]'' ||健美運動|| [[Dan Duyu]] || ||  ||
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| ''[[Buried With Flowers]]'' ||百花洲|| [[Wen Yimin]] || [[Chen Yumei]],<br>[[Ye Qiuxin]]<br> || Tragedy ||
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| ''[[The Classic for Girls]]'' ||女兒經|| [[Zhang Shichuan]],<br />[[Yao Sufeng]],<br />[[Zheng Zhengqiu]],<br />[[Xu Xingfu]],<br />[[Li Pingqian]],<br />[[Chen Kengran]],<br />[[Shen Xiling]],<br />[[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Ensemble cast]] || Comedy/Drama || Collection of short stories against the background of a women's class reunion.  Aka:  ''A Bible for Girls''
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| ''[[Cotton Blossom Village]]'' ||飛花村|| Zheng Yingshi || [[Gao Zhanfei]],<br>[[Hu Ping]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[Dawn (1934 film)|Dawn]]'' ||黎明|| [[Wang Yuanlong]],<br>[[Shao Zuiweng]] || [[Wang Yuanlong]],<br>[[Fan Xuepeng]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[The Doctrine of Women]]'' ||婦道|| [[Chen Kengran]] || [[Xu Qinfang]] || ||
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| ''[[Elapse]]'' ||似水流年|| [[Gao Lihen]] || [[Hu Shan]]<br>[[Zhao Dan]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[Enemies of Women (1934 film)|Enemies of Women]]'' ||女性的仇敵|| [[Chen Kengran]] || [[Xu Qinfang]],<br>[[Zhao Dan]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[Exhibition (1934 film)|Exhibition]]'' ||展覽會|| [[Chen Kengran]] || [[Xia Peizhen]],<br>[[Sun Min]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[Flame of Youth (1934 film)|Flame of Youth]]'' ||青春之火|| [[Qiu Qixiang]] || [[Ye Qiuxin]],<br>[[Chen Yumei]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[Flames (1934 film)|Flames]]'' ||烈焰|| Hu Rui || [[Hu Ping]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Flowers in the Storm]]'' ||暴雨梨花|| [[Ma-Xu Weibang]] || [[Gao Zhanfei]],<br>[[Chen Yen-yen]] || Drama || 
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| ''[[Give Back My Home]]'' ||還我山河|| [[Wang Cilong]] || [[Liang Saizhen]],<br>[[Gao Zhanfei]]<br> || ||
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| ''[[Go Northwest]]'' ||道西北去|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Xu Lai (actress)|Xu Lai]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]] || ||
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|''[[The Goddess (1934 film)|The Goddess]]''||神女|| [[Wu Yonggang]]|| [[Ruan Lingyu]]||Drama ||Distributed by the [[Lianhua Film Company]]
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| ''[[Golden Age (1934 film)|Golden Age]]'' ||黃金時代|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Jin Yan]],<br>[[Yin Mingzhu]]<br> || Drama ||
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| ''[[Goodbye, Shanghai]]'' ||再會吧，上海|| Zheng Yunbo || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br>[[Zhang Yi (actor)|Zhang Yi]] || ||
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|''[[Homecoming (1934 film)|Homecoming]]'' ||歸來|| [[Zhu Shilin]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br />[[Gao Zhanfei]] || Drama || 
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| ''[[Hot-Blooded Youth]]'' ||熱血青年|| [[Tang Jie]] || [[Wang Yuanlong]],<br>[[Ye Qiuxin]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Iron Bird (1934 film)|Iron Bird]]'' ||鐵鳥|| [[Yuan Congmei]] || [[Chen Yen-yen]],<br>[[Gao Zhanfei]] || Romance/War ||
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| ''[[Joyous Enemies]]'' || || [[Qiu Qixiang]] || [[Chen Yumei]] || || Based on the novel of the same title by [[Zhang Henshui]]
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| ''[[Just One Night (1934 film)|Just One Night]]'' ||春宵曲|| [[Wen Yimin]] || [[Ye Qiuxin]] || Drama ||
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| ''[[Kids (1934 film)|Kids]]'' ||人間仙子|| [[Dan Duyu]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]] || Drama || 
|- 
| ''[[Kindred Feelings]]'' ||骨肉之恩|| [[Jiang Qifeng]] || [[Ma-Xu Weibang]],<br>[[Chen Yen-yen]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Life (1934 film)|Life]]'' ||人生|| [[Fei Mu]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Lucky Land]]'' ||吉地|| [[Shao Zuiweng]] || [[Chen Yumei]],<br>[[Tian Fang]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Mr. Wang]]'' ||王先生|| [[Shao Zuiweng]] || [[Tang Jie]] || Comedy || First in a series of popular live-action comedies based on the cartoon character created by [[Ye Qianyu]]
|-
| ''[[Mrs. Mai]]'' ||麥夫人|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Hu Die]] || || Alternate titles: ''美德夫人'' and ''紅船外史''
|-
| ''[[Mutual Hatred]]'' ||同仇|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Wang Ying (actress)|Wang Ying]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Never Give Up (1934 film)|Never Give Up]]'' ||泰山鴻毛|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Gong Jianong]],<br>[[Xu Lai (actress)|Xu Lai]]<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Orchid in an Empty Valley (1934 film)|Orchid in an Empty Valley]]'' ||空谷蘭|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Gao Zhanfei]]<br> || Drama || Sound remake of the 1926 silent of the same title.
|-
| ''[[Perfumed Snowy Sea]]'' ||香雪海|| [[Fei Mu]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br>[[Gao Zhanfei]]<br> || Drama || 
|-
| ''[[Plunder of Peach and Plum]]''||桃李劫|| [[Ying Yunwei]] || [[Yuan Muzhi]] || Drama || [[Diantong Film Company]] production.  
|-
|''[[Queen of Sports]]'' ||體育皇后|| [[Sun Yu (director)|Sun Yu]] || [[Li Lili]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Raging Waves of the China Sea]]'' ||中國海的怒潮|| [[Yueh Feng]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Reborn Flowers]]'' ||再生花|| [[Zheng Zhengqiu]] || [[Hu Die]] || Drama || Lost second part of ''Twin Sisters''
|-
| ''[[Renzhu]]'' ||紉珠|| [[Shao Zuiweng]],<br>[[Gao Lihen]]<br> || [[Fan Xuepeng]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Romance of Hua Mountain]]'' ||華山艷史|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Xu Lai (actress)|Xu Lai]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]]<br> || ||
|-
| ''[[Romance on the Stage]]'' ||台艷史|| Xue Juexian || Xue Juexian || Romance || Alternate title: ''璇宮艷史''
|-
| ''[[Salt Tide]]'' ||鹽潮|| [[Xu Xinfu]] || [[Hu Die]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[The Shining Path (1934 film)|The Shining Path]]'' || || [[Zheng Zhenduo]] || [[Zheng Junli]],<br>[[Tan Ying (actress)|Tan Ying]]<br> || Drama ||
|- 
| ''[[Song of the Fishermen]]'' ||漁光曲|| [[Cai Chusheng]] || [[Wang Renmei]] || Drama ||First Chinese film to win an award at an international film festival (the [[Moscow Film Festival]])
|-
| ''[[Three Sisters (1934 film)|Three Sisters]]'' ||三姊妹|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Zhao Dan]],<br>[[Hu Die]]<br> || || Adapted from a novel by Japanese author [[Kan Kikuchi]]
|-
| ''[[Twin Sisters (1934 film)|Twin Sisters]]'' ||姊妹花|| [[Zheng Zhengqiu]]|| [[Hu Die (actress)|Hu Die]] || Drama || Exists, but second part (''Reborn Flowers'') is lost
|-
| ''[[Two to One (1934 film)|Two to One]]'' ||二對一|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Gong Jianong]],<br>[[Gao Qianping]]<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Virtuous Wife]]'' ||賢惠夫人|| Min Mo || [[Xu Suzhen]],<br>[[He Zhigang]]<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[The Wind (1934 film)|The Wind]]'' ||風|| [[Wu Cun]] || [[Gao Zhanfei]],<br>[[Tan Ying (actress)|Tan Ying]]<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Women (1934 film)|Women]]'' ||女人|| [[Shi Dongshan]] || [[Li Minghui]],<br>[[Hu Ping]]<br> || Tragedy ||
|-
| ''[[Year of Plenty]]'' ||豐年|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Ai Xia]] || Drama || Alternate title:  ''Golden Valley'' (黃金谷)
|-
| ''[[Youth (1934 Chinese film)|Youth]]'' ||青春|| [[Zhu Shilin]] || [[Tan Ying (actress)|Tan Ying]],<br>[[Zhu Fei]] || ||
|}

== 1935 ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Chinese Title !!Director !! Actors !! Genre !! Notability
|-
| ''[[A Beauty's Heart]]'' ||美人心|| [[Xu Xinfu]] || [[Hu Die]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[A Hero of Our Time (1935 film)|A Hero of Our Time]]'' ||時勢英雄|| [[Ying Yunwei]] || [[Hu Ping]],<br>[[Shang Guanwu]]<br> || Drama || Alternate title:  ''Businessmen in Wartime''
|-
| ''[[An Abandoned Woman]]'' ||秋扇明燈|| Tan Youliu || [[Li Lili]] || Drama || 
|-
| ''[[At the Foot of E Mei Mountain]]'' ||峨眉山下|| [[Wan Laitian]] || || War ||
|-
| ''[[The Beauty's Favor]]'' ||美人恩|| [[Wen Yimin]] || || || Adapted from a novel by [[Zhang Henshui]]
|-
| ''[[The Beginning of Life]]'' ||人之初|| [[Shi Dongshan]] || [[Wei Heling]],<br>[[Yuan Meiyun]]<br> || || Alternate title:  ''Old People'' (老人)
|-
| ''[[Big Family (1935 film)|Big Family]]'' ||大家庭|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Ensemble cast]] || ||
|-
| ''[[The Boatman's Daughter (1935 film)|The Boatman's Daughter]]''||船家女|| [[Shen Xiling]] || [[Gao Zhanfei]],<br>[[Xu Lai (actress)|Xu Lai]]<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Brothers (1935 film)|Brothers]]'' ||兄弟行|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Gao Zhanfei]]<br> || ||
|-
| ''[[The Carefree Gentlemen]]'' ||無愁君子|| [[Shen Fu (director)|Shen Fu]] || [[Han Langen]],<br>[[Liu Jiqun]]<br> || Comedy ||
|-
| ''[[Scenes of City Life|Cityscape]]'' ||都市風光|| [[Yuan Muzhi]] || [[Jiang Qing|Lan Ping]],<br />[[Gu Menghe]],<br />[[Zhou Boxun]] || Comedy/Musical ||
|-
| ''[[End of Spring]]'' || || [[Wu Cun]] || [[Xu Lai (actress)|Xu Lai]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]]<br> || War ||
|-
| ''[[Fang Yunying]]'' ||方芸英|| Le Jiyun || [[Hu Shan]],<br>[[Wei Heling]]<br> || ||
|-
| ''[[Four Sisters (1935 film)|Four Sisters]]'' ||四姊妹|| [[Yang Xiaozhong]] || [[Liang Saizhen]] || || Featured the Liang Sisters, a popular 1930s stage and club act
|-
| ''[[Fragrance of the Night]]'' ||夜來香|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Zhao Dan]]<br> || ||
|-
| ''[[Hard Struggle]]'' ||堅苦的奮斗|| [[Gao Lihen]] || [[Fan Xuepeng]] || ||
|-
| ''Homesick'' ||鄉愁|| [[Shen Xiling]] || || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Human Relations (1935 film)|Human Relations]]'' ||人倫|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Gong Jianong]],<br>[[Zheng Xiaoqiu]]<br> || Drama || Alternate title:  ''Homeless'' (無家可歸)
|-
| ''[[The Jadeite Horse]]'' ||翡翠馬|| [[Xu Xinfu]] || [[Wang Zhengxin]],<br>[[Yan Yuexian]]<br> || Crime ||
|-
| ''[[The Legend of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom]]'' ||紅羊豪俠傳|| [[Yang Xiaozhong]] || [[Tong Yuejuan]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Life's Sad Song]]'' ||生之哀歌|| Yang Hansheng || [[Li Minghui]],<br>[[Wang Yin (actor)|Wang Yin]]<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Little Angel (1935 film)|Little Angel]]'' ||小天使|| [[Wu Yonggang]] || || ||
|-
| ''[[Loyal Patriots]]'' ||熱血忠魂|| [[Zhang Shichuan]],<br />[[Wu Cun]],<br />[[Zheng Zhengqiu]],<br />[[Xu Xinfu]],<br />[[Li Pingqian]],<br />[[Shen Xiling]],<br />[[Cheng Bugao]] || || Drama || Alternate titles:  ''Spirit of the People'' (民族魂), ''Loyal Heroes'' (熱血英雄)
|-
| ''[[Mother (1935 film)|Mother]]'' ||母親|| [[Wen Yimin]] || [[Fan Xuepeng]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[National Customs]]'' ||國風|| [[Luo Mingyou]],<br />[[Zhu Shilin]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br />[[Zheng Junli]] || Drama || Ruan Lingyu's final film
|-
| ''[[New Women]]'' ||新女性|| [[Cai Chusheng]] || [[Ruan Lingyu]],<br />[[Zheng Junli]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[The New Peach Blossom Fan]]'' ||新桃花扇|| [[Ouyang Yuqian]] || || || Early [[Xinhua Film Company]] production
|-
| ''[[The Night Before the Wedding (1935 film)|The Night Before the Wedding]]'' ||新婚的前夜|| [[Dan Duyu]] || [[Li Minghui]],<br>[[Yuan Congmei]]<br> || ||
|-
| ''[[The Peach Blossom Dream]]'' ||桃花夢|| [[Dan Duyu]] || [[Yin Mingzhu]] || Allegory ||
|-
| ''[[Refugees (1935 film)|Refugees]]'' ||逃亡|| [[Yueh Feng]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Settle Down by the Han River]]'' ||寒江落雁|| [[Ma-Xu Weibang]] || [[Chen Yen-yen]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Song of China]]'' ||天倫|| [[Fei Mu]],<br />[[Luo Mingyou]] || [[Zheng Junli]] || Drama ||[[New Life Movement]] film; also known as ''Filial Piety''
|-
| ''[[Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm]]''||風雲兒女|| [[Xu Xingzhi]] || [[Yuan Muzhi]],<br />[[Wang Renmei]] || Drama/War ||Also known as ''Children of Troubled Times''<br> Origin of the [[Chinese National Anthem]]
|-
| ''[[Spirit of Freedom (film)|Spirit of Freedom]]'' ||自由神|| [[Situ Huimin]] || [[Wang Ying (actress)|Wang Ying]] || Drama || Also known as ''The Goddess of Freedom''
|-
| ''[[The Tempest (1935 film)|The Tempest]]'' ||暴風雨|| [[Yuan Congmei]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]],<br>[[Wei Heling]]<br> || Drama || Alternate title:  ''The Martyr'' (犧牲者)
|-
| ''[[Three Daughters-in-Law]]'' ||三個媳婦|| Wang Tianbei || [[Xu Suzhen]],<br>[[He Zhigang]]<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Three Girls (1935 film)|Three Girls]]'' ||重歸|| [[Gao Lihen]] || || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Troubled Sisters]]'' || || [[Wu Wenchao]] || [[Hu Shan]],<br>[[Xia Peizhen]]<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[The Wedding Night (1935 Chinese film)|The Wedding Night]]'' ||花燈之夜|| [[Yueh Feng]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Women as Vipers]]'' ||蛇蠍美人|| [[Yang Xiaozhong]] || [[Zhang Yi (actor)|Zhang Yi]],<br>[[Chen Yen-yen]] || Drama || Alternate title:  ''Whirlpool''
|-
| ''[[Young Auntie]]'' ||小姨|| Min Qian || [[Xia Peizhen]] || Drama || 
|}

== 1936 ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Chinese Title !! Director !! Actors !! Genre !! Notability
|-
| ''[[A Little Orphan Girl]]'' ||小孤女|| [[Yang Xiaozhong]] || [[Chen Juanjuan]],<br>[[Zhang Zhizhi]] || Drama ||
|-
|  ''[[A Night of Madness]]'' ||狂歡之夜|| [[Shi Dongshan]] || [[Gu Eryi]],<br>[[Hu Ping]],<br>[[Jin Shan]],<br>[[Zhou Xuan]] || Drama || Adapted from ''[[The Government Inspector]]'' by [[Nikolai Gogol]]
|-
| ''[[Back to Nature (1936 film)|Back to Nature]]'' ||道自然去|| [[Sun Yu (director)|Sun Yu]] || [[Jin Yan]],<br>[[Li Lili]] || || Adapted from the 1902 stage play ''[[The Admirable Crichton]]''
|-
| ''[[The Battle Between Peach and Plum]]'' ||桃李爭艷|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Ye Qiuxin]],<br>[[Gu Lanjun]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Blood on Wolf Mountain]]''||狼山喋血記|| [[Fei Mu]] || [[Jiang Qing|Lan Ping]],<br />[[Li Lili]] || Drama || "National Defense" film
|-
| ''[[By the Huangpu River]]'' ||黃浦江邊|| [[Shao Zuiweng]] || [[Chen Qiufeng]],<br>[[Tang Jie]] || ||
|-
| ''[[The Desert Island]]'' ||浪淘沙|| [[Wu Yonggang]] || [[Jin Yan]],<br>[[Zhang Zhizhi]] || Action || Alternate title:  ''Gold and Sand''
|-
| ''[[The Diamond Case]]'' ||金剛鑽|| [[Xu Xinfu]] || [[Gu Lanjun]],<br>[[Wang Zhengxin]] || Crime || 
|-
| ''[[Downtrodden Peach Blossom]]'' ||劫後桃花|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Gao Zhanfei]],<br>[[Shu Xiuwen]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Family Members (1936 film)|Family Members]]'' ||父母子女|| [[Hu Xinling]] || [[Gong Qiuxia]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Flowers and Grass]]'' ||花花草草|| [[Gao Lihen]] || || ||
|-
| ''[[Girl in an Isolated City]]'' ||孤城烈女|| [[Wang Cilong]] || [[Chen Yen-yen]],<br>[[Zheng Junli]] || || 
|-
| ''[[The Graduate (1936 film)|The Graduate]]'' || || [[Dan Duyu]] || [[Bai Hong]] || Romance ||
|-
| ''[[Grave-Sweeping Day]]'' ||清明時節|| [[Ouyang Yuqian]] || [[Li Minghui]],<br>[[Zhao Dan]] ||  ||
|-
| ''[[The Guangling Tide]]'' ||廣陵潮|| [[Chen Kengran]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]],<br>[[Wang Yin (actor)|Wang Yin]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Hai Tanghong]]'' ||海堂紅|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Bai Yushuang]],<br>[[Wang Xianzhai]] || Musical/Drama || Alternate title:  ''Red Begonia''
|-
| ''[[Happiness is at the Door]]'' ||喜臨門|| [[Yueh Feng]] || [[Zhou Xuan]] || Romance ||
|-
| ''[[Little Lingzi]]'' ||小玲子|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Tan Ying (actress)|Tan Ying]] || Drama || 
|-
| ''[[Lost Lambs]]'' ||迷途的羔羊|| [[Cai Chusheng]] || || Drama || Deals with the sufferings and tragic fates of street urchins
|-
| ''[[Mother Love (1936 film)|Mother Love]]'' ||母愛|| Jin Qingyu || [[Lim Cho Cho]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Mr. Wang's Marvelous Heroism]]'' ||王先生奇俠傳|| Zuo Ming || [[Tang Jie]] || Comedy ||
|-
| ''[[New and Old Shanghai]]'' ||新舊上海|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Ensemble cast]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Night Club (1936 film)|Night Club]]'' ||夜會|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Gu Lanjun]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Soaring Aspirations]]'' ||壯志凌雲|| [[Wu Yonggang]] || [[Jin Yan]],<br/> [[Wang Renmei]] || Drama || 
|-
| ''[[Song of Hatred]]'' ||長恨歌|| [[Shi Dongshan]] || [[Mei Xi]]<br>[[Wang Renmei]] || || Alternate title:  ''Human Feelings'' (人情)
|-
| ''[[Song of Triumph (1936 film)|Song of Triumph]]'' ||凱歌|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]],<br>[[Wang Yin (actor)|Wang Yin]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Spring Dream in the Plum Garden]]'' ||桃源春夢|| [[Yang Xiaozhong]] || [[Han Langen]],<br>[[Liu Jichun]] || Comedy ||
|-
| ''[[Spring Flowers (1936 film)|Spring Flowers]]'' ||春之花|| [[Wu Cun]] || [[Gao Zhanfei]],<br>[[Yan Yuexian]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Tomboy (1936 film)|Tomboy]]'' ||化身姑娘|| [[Fang Peilin]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]] || Drama/Romance || Released in two parts
|-
| ''[[The Treasure Map]]'' ||百寶圖|| [[Yueh Feng]] || [[Wang Yin (actor)|Wang Yin]],<br>[[Zhou Xuan]] || Adventure ||
|-
| ''[[Two Little Sisters]]'' ||小姊妹|| [[Xu Fenling]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]],<br>[[Wang Yin (actor)|Wang Yin]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Unchanged Heart in Life and Death]]'' ||生死同心|| [[Ying Yunwei]] || [[Yuan Muzhi]],<br>[[Chen Boer]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Women's Rights (1936 film)|Women's Rights]]'' ||女權|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Zhao Dan]] || Drama || Alternate title:  ''Love's Runaway'' (愛情的逃亡者)
|}

== 1937 ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Chinese Title || Director !! Actors !! Genre !! Notability
|-
| ''[[A Match Made in Heaven (1937 film)|A Match Made in Heaven]]'' ||天作之合|| [[Shen Fu (director)|Shen Fu]] || [[Han Langen]],<br>Bai Lu<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Always Keep Smiling]]'' ||永遠的微笑|| [[Wu Cun]] || [[Hu Die]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]],<br>[[Gong Qiuxia]]<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[The Battle of Shanghai (film)|The Battle of Shanghai]]''|| || [[Lai Man-wai]] || || Documentary || Collection of documentary footage of the [[Battle of Shanghai|invasion of Shanghai]] by Japan, as filmed by Lai Manwai and others.
|-
| ''[[Crossroads (1937 film)|Crossroads]]'' ||十字街頭|| [[Shen Xiling]] || [[Zhao Dan]],<br>[[Bai Yang (actress)|Bai Yang]] || Drama || Early sound film
|-
| ''The Disappearing Corpse'' || || [[Xu Xinfu]] || [[Xu Xinyuan]],<br>[[Gu Meijun]]<br> || Mystery || First of the Chinese-made [[Charlie Chan]] movies
|-
| ''[[Dream Universe (film)|Dream Universe]]'' ||夢裡乾坤|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Tan Ying (actress)|Tan Ying]],<br>[[Shu Xiuwen]] || || Alternate titles:  ''Heaven and Earth in a Dream''<br>''Long Night, Many Dreams'' (夜長夢多)
|-
| ''[[Flexible Girls]]'' ||彈性女兒|| [[Chen Kengran]] || [[Lu Ming]],<br>[[Yan Yuexian]]<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Flight by Night]]'' ||夜奔|| [[Cheng Bugao]] || [[Mei Xi]],<br>[[Tan Ying (actress)|Tan Ying]]<br> || ||
|-
| ''[[Flower of Society]]'' ||社會之花|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Bai Yang (actress)|Bai Yang]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Four Daughters (1937 film)|Four Daughters]]'' ||四千金|| [[Wu Cun]] || [[Bai Yang (actress)|Bai Yang]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[The Free World (1937 film)|The Free World]]'' ||自由天地|| [[Shen Fu (director)|Shen Fu]] || [[Chen Yen-yen]],<br>[[Liu Qiong]]<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Full of Vim and Vigor]]'' ||生龍活虎|| [[Xu Xinfu]] || [[Wang Jiting]],<br>[[Gu Lanjun]]<br> || Crime || 
|-
| ''[[The General's Daughter (1937 film)|The General's Daughter]]'' ||將軍之女|| [[He Mengfu]] || [[Lai Cheuk-Cheuk]] || War ||
|-
| ''Gold-Plated City'' ||鍍金的城|| [[Fei Mu]] || || || Also known as ''The Gilded City''
|-
| ''[[The Lost Pearl]]'' ||人海遺珠|| [[Zhu Shilin]] || [[Li Lili]],<br>[[Liu Qiong]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Martyrs of the Northern Front]]'' ||北戰場精忠錄|| [[Fei Mu]] || || ||
|-
| ''[[The Money Tree]]'' ||搖錢樹|| [[Tan Youliu]] || [[Shu Xiuwen]] || Drama || Adapted from the Chinese stage version of ''[[Juno and the Paycock]]''
|-
| ''[[Mother's Secrets]]'' ||母親的秘密|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Sun Min]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]] || || 
|-
| ''Murder in the Oratory'' ||斬經堂|| [[Fei Mu]] || || Opera ||
|-
| ''[[Mysterious Flower]]'' ||神秘之花|| [[Yueh Feng]] || [[Bai Yang (actress)|Bai Yang]] || Crime ||
|-
| ''[[New Year's Coin]]'' ||壓歲前|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Hu Rongrong]] || Drama || Also known as ''New Year's Gift''
|-
| ''[[Night Rain by the Xiang River]]'' ||瀟湘夜雨|| [[Wang Cilong]] || [[Gao Zhanfei]],<br>[[Diao Banhua]]<br> || Romance ||
|-
| ''[[Secret Code (1937 film)|Secret Code]]'' ||秘電碼|| Various || [[Gao Zhanfei]] || War || 
|-
| ''[[So Busy]]'' ||如此繁華|| [[Ouyang Yuqian]] || [[Li Lili]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Song at Midnight]]'' ||夜半歌聲|| [[Ma-Xu Weibang]] || [[Jin Shan]],<br />[[Gu Menghe]] || Horror  || A Chinese adaptation of ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|Phantom of the Opera]]''
|-
| ''[[Song of a Loving Mother]]'' ||慈母曲|| [[Zhu Shilin]],<br>[[Luo Mingyou]]<br> || [[Ensemble cast]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Soul and Body Gate]]'' ||靈肉之門|| Zhong Shigen || [[Lim Cho Cho]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Spring Arrives Everywhere]]'' ||春到人間|| [[Sun Yu (director)|Sun Yu]] || [[Chen Yen-yen]],<br>[[Mei Xi]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Street Angel (1937 film)|Street Angel]]''||馬路天使|| [[Yuan Muzhi]] || [[Zhao Dan]],<br>[[Zhou Xuan]]|| Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Strange Case in an Ancient Pagoda]]'' ||古塔奇案|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Wang Xianzhai]],<br>[[Gong Qiuxia]] || Crime ||
|-
| ''[[Symphony of Lianhua]]'' ||聯華交響曲|| Various || [[Ensemble cast]] || Anthology || Collection of short films by the Lianhua studio's directors, and featuring Lianhua's top acting talents
|-
| ''[[Unexpected Luck]]'' ||飛來福|| [[Yang Xiaozhong]] || [[Han Langen]],<br>[[Liu Jiqun]] || Comedy ||
|-
| ''[[Vistas of Art]]'' ||藝海風光|| Various || [[Ensemble cast]] || || Three short stories with performing arts settings:  movies <<電影城>>, theater <<話劇團>>, dance <<歌舞班>>
|-
| ''[[Wang Laowu]]'' ||王老五|| [[Cai Chusheng]] || [[Wang Cilong]],<br>[[Lan Ping]]<br> || Drama ||  Alternate title:  ''Fifth Brother Wang''
|-
| ''[[Youth on the March (1937 film)|Youth on the March]]'' ||青年進行曲|| [[Shi Dongshan]] || [[Shi Chao]],<br>[[Hu Ping]] || Drama || 
|}

== 1938 ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Chinese Title !! Director !! Actors !! Genre !! Notability
|-
| ''[[The Beggar's Daughter (1938 film)|The Beggar's Daughter]]'' ||乞丐千金|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Chen Yen-yen]],<br>[[Mei Xi]]<br> || Romance ||
|-
| ''[[Diao Chan (film)|Diao Chan]]'' ||貂蟬|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Gu Lanjun]],<br />[[Jin Shan]] || Historical || [[Xinhua Film Company]] production, also known as ''The Sable Cicada''
|-
| ''[[800 Heroes (film)|Eight Hundred Heroes]]''||八白壯士|| [[Ying Yunwei]] || [[Yuan Muzhi]],<br>[[Chen Boer]]<br> || War || Dramatic interpretation of the [[Defense of Sihang Warehouse]]
|-
| ''[[Fight to the Last]]'' ||熱血忠魂|| [[Yuan Congmei]] || [[Li Lili]],<br>[[Gao Zhanfei]]<br> || Action || "Resistance film," made in unoccupied territory.  Alternate title:  ''Loyal Patriots''
|-
| ''[[The Lady of the Camellias (1938 film)|The Lady of the Camellias]]'' ||茶花女|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]],<br>[[Liu Qiong]] || Drama || Adapted from ''[[The Lady of the Camellias]]'' by [[Alexandre Dumas fils]]
|-
| ''[[Love and Duty (1938 film)|Love and Duty]]'' ||戀愛與義務|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Jin Yan]],<br>[[Yuan Meiyun]]<br> || Drama || Sound remake of the 1931 silent of the same title, with Jin Yan reprising his role.  Original title:  ''Unexpected Tears of Blood'' (情天血淚)
|-
| ''[[Melancholy Hatred]]'' ||離恨天|| [[Wu Yonggang]] || [[Wang Renmei]],<br>[[Liu Qiong]]<br> || Romance || Alternate English titles:  ''Bitter Separation'', ''A Sailor's Love''
|-
| ''[[The Pearl Tunic]]'' ||珍珠衫|| [[Xu Xinfu]] || [[Xu Xinyuan]],<br>[[Gu Meijun]]<br> || Mystery || A [[Charlie Chan]] mystery
|-
| ''[[Pirates of the Yellow Sea]]'' ||黃海大盜|| [[Wu Yonggang]] || [[Wang Renmei]],<br>[[Gao Zhanfei]]<br> || Action || Alternate title:  ''Pirates of the Yellow River''
|-
| ''[[Protect Our Land]]'' ||保衛我們的土地|| [[Shi Dongshan]] || [[Wei Heling]],<br>[[Shu Xiuwen]] || War ||
|-
| ''[[Save Her Mother]]'' ||歌兒救母記|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Gong Qiuxia]],<br>[[Shu Shi (actor)|Shu Shi]]<br> || Drama || 
|-
| ''[[Stars Around the Moon]]'' ||三星伴月|| [[Fang Peilin]] || [[Zhou Xuan]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Sunrise (1938 film)|Sunrise]]'' ||日出|| [[Yueh Feng]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]],<br>[[Lu Luming]]<br> || Drama || Adapted from the stage play of the same title by [[Cao Yu (playwright)|Cao Yu]]
|}

== 1939 ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Chinese Title !! Director !! Actors !! Genre !! Notability
|-
| ''[[A Dancing Girl]]'' ||紅粉飄零|| [[Chen Kengran]] || [[Lu Ming]],<br>[[Gong Jianong]]<br> || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[A Money-Colored World]]'' ||金銀世界|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Gu Lanjun]],<br>[[Liu Qiong]]<br> || ||
|-
| ''All Quiet in the Pagoda'' ||荒塔沉冤|| [[Yang Xiaozhong]] || [[Chen Yen-yen]],<br>[[Tong Yuejuan]]<br> || Fantasy || Remake of the 1926 silent, ''White Snake'' (白蛇傳)
|-
| ''[[Bloody Battle in an Ancient City]]'' || || Xu Suling || || War ||
|-
| ''[[Children of China]]'' ||中華兒女|| [[Shen Xiling]] || [[Zhao Dan]],<br>[[Bai Yang (actress)|Bai Yang]] || || Film format is that of a prologue and 4 short stories
|-
| ''[[Defending Our Home Village]]'' ||保家鄉|| He Feiguang || || War || "National defense" film
|-
| ''[[The Empress Wu Tse-tien (1939 film)|The Empress Wu Tse-tien]]'' ||武則天|| [[Fang Peilin]] || Bai Hong || Drama/Historical ||
|-
| ''[[The Good Husband (1939 film)|The Good Husband]]'' ||好丈夫|| [[Shi Dongshan]] || [[Shu Xiuwen]] || War || 
|-
| ''[[Groans and Struggles]]'' ||碧玉雄心|| [[Yueh Feng]] || [[Yuan Meiyun]],<br>[[Wang Yin (actor)|Wang Yin]]<br> || War || "National defense" film
|-
| ''[[Lady Meng Jiang (1939 film)|Lady Meng Jiang]]'' ||孟姜女|| [[Wu Cun]] || [[Zhou Xuan]] || || Remake of the 1926 silent of the same title
|-
| ''[[The Leper Girl]]'' ||麻瘋女|| [[Ma-Xu Weibang]] || [[Tan Ying (actress)|Tan Ying]] || Horror ||
|-
| ''[[Li Sanniang (film)|Li Sanniang]]'' ||李三娘|| [[Zhang Shichuan]] || [[Zhou Xuan]],<br>[[Shu Shi (actor)|Shu Shi]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Mother and Daughter (film)|Mother and Daughter]]'' ||雲裳仙子|| [[Yueh Feng]] || [[Chen Yunshang]] ||  || Remake of 1933's ''Light of Motherhood''
|-
| ''[[Mulan Joins the Army (1939 film)|Mulan Joins the Army]]''||木蘭從軍|| [[Bu Wancang]] || [[Chen Yunchang]] || Historical/War || ''Solitary Island'' period film
|-
| ''[[The New Hell]]'' ||新地獄|| [[Wu Cun]] || [[Zhou Xuan]] || || 
|-
| ''[[The Radio Station Murder]]'' ||播音台大血案|| [[Xu Xinfu]] || [[Gong Qiuxia]],<br>[[Xu Xinyuan]],<br>[[Gu Meijun]]<br> || Mystery || A [[Charlie Chan]] mystery 
|-
| ''[[Sexy Devil]]'' ||欲魔|| [[Yueh Feng]] || [[Tan Ying (actress)|Tan Ying]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Singing Through Tears]]'' ||歌聲淚痕|| [[Wu Cun]] || [[Gong Jianong]] || Musical ||
|-
| ''Three Chinese Swordsmen'' ||中國三劍客|| Chen Yiqing || [[Han Langen]] || Action/Comedy || Alternate title:  ''Three Swordsmen''
|-
| ''Visiting Shanghai After 60 Years'' ||六十年後上海灘|| [[Yang Xiaozhong]] || [[Han Langen]],<br>[[Liu Jiqun]]<br> || Fantasy ||
|-
| ''[[Wang Baochuan (1939 film)|Wang Baochuan]]'' ||王寶釧|| [[Wu Cun]] || [[Diao Banhua]] || Drama/Historical ||
|-
| ''[[The Young Mistress's Fan]]'' ||少奶奶的扇子|| [[Li Pingqian]] || [[Yuan Yunmei]] || || Remake of the 1928 silent of the same title
|}

==Mainland Chinese Film Production Totals==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Total Films<ref>From ''Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films'' table of contents. This does not include films produced by studios under the control of occupying Japanese forces.</ref>
|-
| 1930 || 117 
|-
| 1931 || 87 
|-
| 1932 || 62 
|-
| 1933 || 89 
|-
| 1934 || 82 
|-
| 1935 || 50 
|-
| 1936 || 46 
|-
| 1937 || 39 
|-
| 1938 || 41 
|-
| 1939 || 52 
|}

==See also==
*[[Cinema of China]]
*[[Hong Kong Film Awards#Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures|Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures]] as chosen by the [[24th Hong Kong Film Awards]]

==Sources==
*中国影片大典 Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films. 1905-1930, 故事片·戏曲片. (1996). Zhong guo ying pian da dian: 1905-1930. Beijing: 中国电影出版社 China Movie Publishing House. {{ISBN|7-106-01155-X}}
*中国影片大典 Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films. 1931-1949.9, 故事片·戏曲片. (2005). Zhong guo ying pian da dian: 1931-1949.9. Beijing: 中国电影出版社 China Movie Publishing House. {{ISBN|7-106-02414-7}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://chinesefilmclassics.org/ Chinese Film Classics project website] - a non-profit academic website of the [[University of British Columbia]] featuring free English translations of [https://chinesefilmclassics.org/films/ over 25 early Chinese films]
* Modern Chinese Cultural Studies YouTube channel (access via Chinese Film Classics website) - hosts many early Chinese films with English subtitles, and hundreds of film clips
*[https://us.imdb.com/Sections/Countries/China/ IMDb list of Chinese films]

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